Toy cap



Feb. 23 1926. 1,574,510

A. OTTERBEIN TOY CAP Filed Nov. 21. 1922 Patented Feb. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENTQOFFICE.

ARTHUR OTTERBEIN, 0F MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE KIRBY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR OTTERBEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Middletown, in the county of Middlesefi and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Caps, of which the following is a specification. V

lvly inventionrelates to a toy cap, and the novelty consists in the adaptation and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

Toy caps have been in general use for many years but they are all very light and slippery so that they do not stay on the head of the wearer but fall off too readily. My hat solves this problem by embodying retaining members somewhat similar to a sweat band and which readily slide down onto the head but which pull up against the hair so that the hat is retained in position on the head except when it is actually desired to remove the same which can be accomplished by a firm pull.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of my hat with two breaks to show the inside construction; Figure 2 is a vertical section through Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end of the fastening tape showing the folds in dotted outline; and Fig. 4C is a plan view of the tape turned back on itself and folded.

In the drawings 5 are two triangular sides which are fastened together on the exterior two long adjacent edges by means of gummed tape strips 6 or other suitable flexible material. The lower ends 7 of said strips 6 are creased at 8 so that thestrips 6 can be folded back on themselves, as shown in Fig. 4, on the inside of the lower ends of the two long adjacent edges. I

A retaining member 9 is made integral with each side 5 by turning the lower open edges up on the inside to form a relatively narrow strip and is held in position by the folded back portion of the strips 6. A bell 10 TOY CAP.

21, 1922. Serial No. 602,375.

at 12 through the peak .of the two sidcs5 I and through the. strips 6.

My hat not only has bells 10 as a decoration and to lenda true holiday effect to the hat, but also-has a suitable decoration 13 to typify the particular holiday for which it is adapted. In the embodiment here shown the decoration is the black cat and broom flying witch characteristic of Halloween, and for Christmas similarly reindeers and Santa- Claus would be use'dand this decoration 13 can thus be varied to suit the requirements. V I I claim? v I I 1. A toy cap comprising two equal triangular sides fastened together on two of the exterior adjacent edges by two strips of suitable flexible material stuck thereto and being folded back on the inside of the hat on themselves so as to form suitable reinforcing elements at the lower edges of the hat, the third adjacent edges being open and having upwardly and. inwardly directed retaining members turned back therein, the

ends of said retaining members being held in their inturned position vby the infold of the flexible material at the lower edge of the cap. v

2. A collapsible toy cap consisting of two equal triangular sides fastened together on two of the adjacent edges, the third ad- 'jacent edges being open and having upwardly and inwardly directed retaining members, said retaining members being formed of a narrow strip at the lower edge of the cap whereby when the cap is opened said retaining members may be readily slid down over the hair on the head and firmly retain the hat on the head against accidental re moval.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

ARTHUR OTTERBETN.

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